TCC's use of high-end patient simulators in health-professions education synced with beta testing needed for new diagnostic software. The tests begin this fall at TCC.
|
It’s a Family Affair
Mother-daughter team studies at TCC, one for nursing, the other as a biology major.
|
|
 
TCC alum Rich-Joseph Facun (left) has made a life of photography, most recently winning first place in the general news reporting category in the 65th Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition. Fellow Virginian-Pilot photographer and Visual Arts Center instructor Stephen M. Katz won the competition's top honor - newspaper photographer of the year.
|
|
|
Mary Gainer, civil engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, works with intern Maria Suba
|
JSTP Cited for Innovative
Approach by National Alliance
Job Skills Training Program Coordinator Leslie Boughton (left) works with Courtney Blum, program counselor
|
Leah Newman and Derek Proctor started their collegiate Army-ROTC experience at TCC. The ROTC journey involves real-world military training and an array of exercises.
|
|
 
Left, Susan Uremovich, laboratory director of the Virginia Department of Forensic Science, gives an insider’s tour of the ballistics lab at the Norfolk facility to TCC students Mindy Russell, Tara Hagedom and Erin Jacobs.
Right, TCC student Emily Ansel job shadows Sue Kriebel, civil engineer with Clark Nexsen. The day included a tour of the civil engineering department and discussions with engineers on projects from land development to utilities and transportation.
|
Videocalling Iraq . . . from TCC
  
Left, 10-year-old Dajuan Tramble talks to his father, Patrick. Right, Amber Nelson talks to husband Shawn with their son, Steven, who – non-stop – showed his dad months of saved artwork and new videogames.
|
|
  
Left, TCC student Jason Fundy swabs a family car to test for bacterial growth. WAVY reporter Stephanie Harris
views – and reacts to – results.
|
Nicole Michael loves the one-of-a-kind opportunity to work on 1930s images and documents for Norfolk Southern. |
TCC Auto Program Wins 2nd Toyota Recognition
Under construction: TCC’s Automotive Advisory Committee had a rainy January day to tour the Regional Automotive Center with program head Walter “Bud” Brueggeman. A well-established model for industry partnerships, TCC’s 32-member automotive advisory board includes regional dealerships. |
Africa bound: Professor Geraldine Wright develops HIV/AIDS awareness service-learning project for TCC students. |
Commencement Student-Speaker Nominees
Kimm Hall, chosen as May graduation student speaker, tried out for the honor with four other students.
|
DOLPHIN WORKS . . . Mirroring the mermaids in Norfolk, distinctive dolphin sculptures – including one designed by TCC student Ali Frazier-Brown – will soon grace lawns and walkways throughout the city of Virginia Beach. Among the first sculptures installed will be a piece marking the entrance of TCC’s Virginia Beach Campus. Frazer-Brown’s entry was selected as “best of class” through a project of the fall 3-D Design class taught by Dianne Hottenstein at the Visual Arts Center.
|
3-D SIMULATION STIMULATES CAREER INTEREST. . . TCC’s Tech Prep Consortium and Norfolk Technical Center (NTC) recently gave about 60 teens a chance to play with and hear about work in modeling and simulation (M&S), thanks to Northrup Grummann. The company brought its ROVR Simulation technology to NTC students, joined by TCC M&S instructor Jody Strausser. Skilled employees in this field are in great demand in a variety of industries.
|
 
EARTH DAY LIVES YEARLONG . . . TCC took advantage of a state reforestation project in spring 2008, accepting expert guidance to plant native saplings on the Chesapeake Campus, which earned citation as an International Audubon Sanctuary last year. Staff, students and faculty members gave up a Saturday to plant the trees with protection from hungry deer.
|
|
Five Students Nominated for All-Virginia Academic Team 2008
    
|
Educators Reach Across the Seas |
Cool Blog! Helping a Cambodian School "Log On"
TCC Webmaster Tom Feist, above left, took leave for a month in summer 2008 to help a school in Cambodia with Internet connection. His blog and photos, linked above, offer insights into the culture, terrain and people he meets. The project began last summer with a unique class trip abroad - part of his MBA pursuit at William & Mary.
|
